Chapter 1: Public enemy number one
I sit up straight, looking to my right and left quickly. "Hey! Get down from there!" It was a faint voice...
And it was coming from beneath me! This is weird, I don't know what's going on, nor do I know where I am.
I look around, taking in my surroundings...I'm in a tree...about a hundred feet in the air...And I'm sitting
on a thin branch. I take a deep breath, and shift to my left, slowly swinging my feet off. The branch breaks.
Someone below screams, "This isn't good!" I'm falling at an alarming rate and I need to think of something
quick! I look down and see a red haired boy flying at me at an amazing speed, I spin to my right barely
missing him now facing the main problem in front of me. I brace myself and hit the ground with a "thud!", All
the air flies out of me, along with a sharp pain all over my body. But I'm alive. But how, that fall should have
killed me! I roll on my back to find a purple haired girl wearing a purple dress, and the red haired boy who
tried to kill me, staring down at me. "Are you okay!" The purple haired one's voice is very annoying "show me
your wounds" I'm gonna punch her. "Hey! Answer me!" I slam my hands in the dirt, pull in my knees and kick forward sending me flying into the red haired boy's stomach. Jerking to the left, I punch the purple haired one in the face sending blood flying from her nose. I land on my feet lightly as they both fall as if in slow motion. I glance
over at the red boy, and stare right into the point of a sword. "Is that how you treat people who j-" I punch the sword to the side "first lock release" the words just came out as I came into range and punched him in the chest sending him flying into the tree, making a massive crater. "Lightning bolt!" the girl shouted something behind me that sounded like an attack so jump to my right, moment later I feel a sharp pain in my shoulder. I slammed into a tree. I look back where I came and I'm far away, and the girl looks nothing more than a dot. I need time to think, because none of this is making any sense! I wake up in a tree with no memories, and I am really strong, I need to talk to someone that doesn't wanna kill me.
I find my way out of the forest and into a village called "Ruben". A kind woman with pink hair named "Anne" allowed me to stay with her until I figured out what's going on. "I'm going to Lowe to get a job in the barracks!" I called "okay, try not to make him angry!" she replied; I walk out of the house and head over to the barracks. "Who are you?" Lowe was standing in front of the barracks glaring at me "I don't know" he does an sound with his mouth. "Kid, what's name?" "I don't know" he was about to ask another question but I asked a question of my own. "Can I have a job here?" He burst out laughing, and it pissed me off. "Do you even know how to fight?" Actually when I fought the pair in the forest I did pretty good for my first time. "I guess" I answered and he laughs.
That did it, I dash over to Lowe and throw a punch, he easily sidesteps and hits me on the back of my head sending me crashing to the ground. I pick myself up and launch a series of punches an kicks but he's blocking and dodging them like he's bored. He's toying with me! I fake a punch to his face, and slide around him, and he kicks me in the jaw and everything starts to get fuzzy. He turns around an back hands me back to the earth "you're too clumsy, you can be a janitor if you like" he laughs again and I snap. "First lock release!" I spring up and see Lowe's eyes get serious, as he red aura blasts around him. I don't hesitate. I slam my foot on the ground an launch myself at him, throwing a punch without holding back. He blocks with his arms and the ground around us cracks, but I don't stop. I grab his arms and swing under them, driving my feet into his ribs making his feet leave the ground. Perfect. I hold on with an iron grip and flip with Lowe sending him crashing into the dirt. Blood flies from his mouth as he lay there gasping for air. I look around and see a crowd of people staring at me with disbelief...and anger. "Lowe!" It was the purple haired ones voice. She comes and kneels next to his body and starts to make him drink a red liquid. "Time to settle the score!" I turn around and a foot buries itself into my stomach, it's the red haired boy! He pulls his foot away and brings his sword down at me, and a catch it with both hands, struggling to keep it above my head. The same red aura that Lowe used engulfs the boy, and it suddenly becomes harder to keep the sword from splitting me in half. "I'm going to pay you back for before...HAAAAAA!" I use his own strength against him, stepping back and letting the sword dig into the earth. I dash forward, but before I can do anything, something grazes my cheek. I look in the direction it came from and see a girl with long green hair with a bow. Aimed at me. I turn to the boy, who tackles me to the ground an starts punching, but I swiftly move my head dodging most of them. I punch him in the gut making him spit saliva all over me, and throw him at the girl. She dodges an shoots a ton of arrows at me. I roll away, crawling to a run to sprint. I need to get away from here and fast! I squeeze through the crowd dodging the grabbing hands and make my way out of the village and toward the exit knowing I'm gonna have a hard life.
Memory fragment-
"Come on BG, if you don't learn how to use a sword you can't protect yourself" James pleaded "I don't wanna use a weapon, they slow me down!" I throw the sword on the ground. "You're such a baby you know that?"I feel the blood rush to my face as I reach down to pick up my sword to continue the training.